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Factors influencing engagement in postnatal weight management and subsequent weight and well-being outcomes (2016)
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Avery, A., Hillier, S., Pallister, C., Barber, J., & Lavin, J. (in press). Factors influencing engagement in postnatal weight management and subsequent weight and well-being outcomes. British Journal of Midwifery, 24(11), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2016.24.11.806

Many women exceed gestational weight gain recommendations. Successful postnatal weight management decreases the risk of entering further pregnancies obese. This service evaluation investigates women’s motivations to lose weight postnatally, the weigh... Read More about Factors influencing engagement in postnatal weight management and subsequent weight and well-being outcomes.

Dietitians' practice in giving carbohydrate advice in the management of type 2 diabetes: a mixed methods study (2016)
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McArdle, P. D., Greenfield, S. M., Avery, A., Adams, G. G., & Gill, P. S. (in press). Dietitians' practice in giving carbohydrate advice in the management of type 2 diabetes: a mixed methods study. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 30(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12436

Background: Carbohydrate is accepted as the principal nutrient affecting blood glucose in diabetes; however, current guidelines are unable to specify the optimal quantity of carbohydrate for glycaemic control. No studies exist that describe current p... Read More about Dietitians' practice in giving carbohydrate advice in the management of type 2 diabetes: a mixed methods study.

Atomistic modelling of scattering data in the Collaborative Computational Project for Small Angle Scattering (CCP-SAS) (2016)
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Perkins, S. J., Wright, D. W., Zhang, H., Brookes, E. H., Chen, J., Irving, T. C., …Curtis, J. E. (2016). Atomistic modelling of scattering data in the Collaborative Computational Project for Small Angle Scattering (CCP-SAS). Journal of Applied Crystallography, 49(6), 1861-1875. https://doi.org/10.1107/S160057671601517X

The capabilities of current computer simulations provide a unique opportunity to model small-angle scattering (SAS) data at the atomistic level, and to include other structural constraints ranging from molecular and atomistic energetics to crystallog... Read More about Atomistic modelling of scattering data in the Collaborative Computational Project for Small Angle Scattering (CCP-SAS).

Antenatal weight management: women’s experiences, behaviours, and expectations of weighing in early pregnancy (2016)
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Swift, J. A., Pearce, J., Jethwa, P., Taylor, M. A., Avery, A., Ellis, S., …McMullen, S. (2016). Antenatal weight management: women’s experiences, behaviours, and expectations of weighing in early pregnancy. Journal of Pregnancy, Article 8454759. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/8454759

The current emphasis on obstetric risk management helps to frame gestational weight gain as problematic and encourages intervention by healthcare professionals. However pregnant women have reported confusion, distrust, and negative affect associated... Read More about Antenatal weight management: women’s experiences, behaviours, and expectations of weighing in early pregnancy.

Transcription of the apicoplast genome (2016)
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Nisbet, R., & McKenzie, J. (2016). Transcription of the apicoplast genome. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 210(1-2), 5-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2016.07.004

Many members of the Apicomplexa contain a remnant chloroplast, known as an apicoplast. The apicoplast encodes numerous genes, and loss of the organelle is lethal. Here, we present a summary of what is known about apicoplast transcription. Unlike plan... Read More about Transcription of the apicoplast genome.

Improving the sustainability of global meat and milk production (2016)
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Salter, A. M. (2017). Improving the sustainability of global meat and milk production. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 76(1), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665116000276

Global demand for meat and dairy products has increased dramatically in recent decades and, through a combination of global population growth, increased lifespan and improved economic prosperity in the developing world will inevitably continue to inc... Read More about Improving the sustainability of global meat and milk production.

Transcripts in the Plasmodium Apicoplast Undergo Cleavage at tRNAs and Editing, and Include Antisense Sequences (2016)
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Nisbet, R. E. R., Kurniawan, D. P., Bowers, H. D., & Howe, C. J. (2016). Transcripts in the Plasmodium Apicoplast Undergo Cleavage at tRNAs and Editing, and Include Antisense Sequences. Protist, 167(4), 377-388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2016.06.003

The apicoplast, an organelle found in Plasmodium and many other parasitic apicomplexan species, is a remnant chloroplast that is no longer able to carry out photosynthesis. Very little is known about primary transcripts and RNA processing in the Plas... Read More about Transcripts in the Plasmodium Apicoplast Undergo Cleavage at tRNAs and Editing, and Include Antisense Sequences.

Consequences of late-stage non-small cell lung cancer cachexia on muscle metabolic processes (2016)
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Murton, A. J., Maddocks, M., Stephens, F. B., Marimuthu, K., England, R., & Wilcock, A. (in press). Consequences of late-stage non-small cell lung cancer cachexia on muscle metabolic processes. Clinical Lung Cancer, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cllc.2016.06.003

Introduction: Loss of muscle is common in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and contributes to the high morbidity and mortality of this group. The exact mechanisms behind the loss of muscle are unclear. Patients and methods... Read More about Consequences of late-stage non-small cell lung cancer cachexia on muscle metabolic processes.

Setting targets leads to greater long-term weight losses and ‘unrealistic’ targets increase the effect in a large community-based commercial weight management group (2016)
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Avery, A., Langley-Evans, S. . C., Harrington, M., & Swift, J. A. (2016). Setting targets leads to greater long-term weight losses and ‘unrealistic’ targets increase the effect in a large community-based commercial weight management group. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 29(6), 687-696. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12390

Background. Setting personal targets is an important behavioural component in weight management programmes. Normal practice is to encourage ‘realistic’ weight loss but the under-pinning evidence base for this is limited and controversial. This study... Read More about Setting targets leads to greater long-term weight losses and ‘unrealistic’ targets increase the effect in a large community-based commercial weight management group.

Improving efficiency in meat production (2016)
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Brameld, J. M., & Parr, T. (in press). Improving efficiency in meat production. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665116000161

Selective breeding and improved nutritional management over the past 20–30 years has resulted in dramatic improvements in growth efficiency for pigs and poultry, particularly lean tissue growth. However, this has been achieved using high-quality feed... Read More about Improving efficiency in meat production.

An improved HPLC method for single-run analysis of the spectrum of hop bittering compounds usually encountered in beers: Simultaneous HPLC determination of hop bitter acids (2016)
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Oladokun, O., Smart, K., & Cook, D. (2016). An improved HPLC method for single-run analysis of the spectrum of hop bittering compounds usually encountered in beers: Simultaneous HPLC determination of hop bitter acids. Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 122(1), 11-20. https://doi.org/10.1002/jib.299

A single‐run reverse phase‐high performance liquid chromatography method for the quantification of humulinones, α‐acids, iso‐α‐acids and reduced iso‐α‐acids (where present) in commercial beer samples is presented. The method utilizes a binary solvent... Read More about An improved HPLC method for single-run analysis of the spectrum of hop bittering compounds usually encountered in beers: Simultaneous HPLC determination of hop bitter acids.

Identification of Sequences Encoding Symbiodinium minutum Mitochondrial Proteins (2016)
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Butterfield, E. R., Howe, C. J., & Nisbet, R. E. R. (2016). Identification of Sequences Encoding Symbiodinium minutum Mitochondrial Proteins. Genome Biology and Evolution, 8(2), 439-445. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw002

The dinoflagellates are an extremely diverse group of algae closely related to the Apicomplexa and the ciliates. Much work has previously been undertaken to determine the presence of various biochemical pathways within dinoflagellate mitochondria. Ho... Read More about Identification of Sequences Encoding Symbiodinium minutum Mitochondrial Proteins.